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Suicide Bombers Attack Police Compound in Kandahar
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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot

Alexis Smith aka Mrs. Linda Fisher in "Dive Bomber" (Died in 1993 at age 72)


For the "Women Who Bathe" collection
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 06/08/2010 2:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Very interesting lamp in that picture.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/08/2010 7:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Before "NCIS" + "JAG", before "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY", there was "DIVE BOMBER" + "HELL'S ANGELS".

HELL'S ANGELS > [IIRC] CLARK GABLE? + RED SKELTON" + CRACK NAVY BI-PLANE FIGHTER SQUADRON engage in all kinds of Navy, Romantic, + International Male shenannigans.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/08/2010 21:50 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Suicide Bombers Attack Police Compound in Kandahar
[Quqnoos] Three suicide bombers attacked Monday a police training compound in Kandahar and one of them blew himself up at the front door of the compound

Confirming the incident, Zemarai Bashari a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said two other suicide bombers who were trying to enter the police compound, were shot dead by the Afghan security forces.

"The police compound was attacked, one of them blew himself up, and the two others were killed by police," said the spokesman for the MOI, Zemarai Bashari.

No groups, including the Taliban have taken an immediate responsibility for the incident.

The incidents come as the international NATO-led forces in Afghanistan are working on a huge operation to wipe out the Taliban out of their southern strongholds.
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  i guess karzai didn't kiss ass to their standards.
Posted by: One Eyed Thinenter6178 || 06/08/2010 18:22 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Algerian terrorists behead elderly kidnap victim
O brave, brave Lions of Islam!
[Maghrebia] An elderly Algerian man missing since May 26th was found decapitated on Friday, Liberte reported Sunday (June 6th). Terrorists abducted Driss Magherbi, 70, near Sidi Bel-Abbes. The victim was a former member of Algeria's government-sanctioned rural militia, the Legitimate Defence Group (GLD), and former president of the Sidi Ali Benyoub municipal council (APC).

In other news, a roadside bomb explosion early Sunday morning killed two communal guards at Ait Felker, some 50km east of Bejaia.
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1  May his family be comforted ...
Posted by: Adriane || 06/08/2010 14:54 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Official: Yemen won't extradite US radical cleric
Posted by: ryuge || 06/08/2010 07:14 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Could set up a "sucks to be you" scenario...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/08/2010 8:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Good ... now there's no excuse not to just take him out.
Posted by: Glomock Tojo6610 || 06/08/2010 9:01 Comments || Top||

#3  "He hasn't paid his Mini-Bar tab yet."
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 06/08/2010 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Detonate in place.
Posted by: mojo || 06/08/2010 10:11 Comments || Top||

#5  how bout this scenario: the next time we send someone AID get what we want in return first. And did anyone ever expect Yemen too extradite him?
Posted by: chris || 06/08/2010 10:50 Comments || Top||

#6  It would take extraordinary influence to get a Muslim country to extradite an accused (or convicted) criminal, I should think. After all, Muslims are not supposed to be subjected to infidel justice. Look at Pakistan's response to India's request for those involved in the Mumbai terror attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/08/2010 11:50 Comments || Top||

#7  Correct #6. You have turn logic on its head, and offer them something they don't want in return for not turning him / them over...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/08/2010 12:03 Comments || Top||

#8  Threaten to ruin the khat crop. You could destroy all purpose for living in Yemen doing that.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/08/2010 16:59 Comments || Top||

#9  There is now general non co-operation by Muslims in the GWOT. And that includes our Afghan "allies." I wonder how that happened
Posted by: One Eyed Thinenter6178 || 06/08/2010 18:20 Comments || Top||

#10  Ours is not to wonder why, but only make sure all the non-cooperators die...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/08/2010 20:27 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
More Mexican Mayhem
Seven Die in northern Mexico

Seven individuals died from ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, which includes the kidnapping of a municipal police officer in Santigo, Nuevo Leon, and a prison riot in Juarez where three inmates were killed and four inmates were wounded.
  • An unidentified man was found executed in his car in Juarez, indicate Mexican news reports.

    The victim was found aboard a Dodge Stratus on Avenida Tecnológico in the Camargo district of Juarez. No other details were available.

  • An unidentified woman was found beaten to death and stripped nude Monday afternoon in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found with her face beaten near the intersection of calles Pedro Moreno and Constitución near Juarez city center.

  • A severely beaten man found early Sunday died in a hospital of his wounds Sunday afternoon. Roberto Toca Gonzälez, 23, died in Hospital General at 1500 hrs Sunday from wounds he received. He was found on Bulevar Juan Pablo II by an unidentified 20 year old who brought him to the hospital.

  • An unidentified man was shot to death in a gunfight in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. Witnesses say that a group of armed man riding in a Dodge Durango fired upon a lone man on foot at about 4500 block of Calle Fray García de Juärez in the Los Frailes district. The victim attempted to flee the attack, but died at the scene.

    Investigators found spent cartridge casings from a 9mm weapon at the scene.

  • Three inmates were killed and several more were wounded in a riot in the CERESO prison facility of Juarez, say Mexican news reports.

    Earlier the prison director, Ramón Gerardo Quintana Villasana, said in a telephone interview the prison was quickly brought under control, but did not release any more information. However, later reports say that several guards are being held hostage with three inmates were dead. A late report indicates four inmates were wounded.

    Reports now are that elements of the Mexican Army including two armored cars and two Blackhawk helicopters are at the prison attempting to bring the facility under control. Subsequent reports indicate elements from nearly every law enforcement element in Chihuahua are involved in the countering operations, including Mexican federal agents.

    Last Wednesday the CERESO prison in Juarez was the scene of a prison riot between two rival prison gangs, the Aztecas and the Mexicles gangs. Two died and several were injured in that event which saw the use of firearms, tactical vests and Molotov cocktails. As with the last riot, reports are inmates were armed.

  • A Nuevo Leon police officer is missing and presumed abducted Sunday, say Mexican news reports. Emeterio Ãvila Gallardo, de 49, was reported missing Sunday from his patrol car in Las Margaritas and is presumed abducted by authorities. Police reported several threatening calls made to the police Sunday threatening municipal and transit police.

Posted by: badanov || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
Why the NKor Crew has left the MV RIM
The merchant ship was in very poor condition, causing the machinery to stop working after a short time. Rapid intervention of the Spanish frigate SPS Victoria ensured that pirates could not re-board the RIM and made sure the rudderless ship was no danger to shipping.

Technicians of the Dutch naval vessel noted aboard the RIM that the ship was beyond repair; the electricity had broken down, as had the navigation. The poor condition of the ship combined with the high sea state and wind causing the ship to make water, resulted in the captain of the RIM indicating to the operational headquarters of Operation Atalanta he would take his crew on board the ship [I guess they either mean 'off the RIM' or 'onto the Johan de Witt'] and letting the ship go.

HNLMS Johan de Witt was ordered to assist, mainly because they have a 2-hospital on board.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/08/2010 10:25 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So what was this tub carrying as cargo?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/08/2010 11:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Probably scrap metal or other scrap. The Norks are the low bidder to carry those kind of cargos from the middle east to India for recycling.
Posted by: phil_b || 06/08/2010 16:51 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Los Zeta's threatened to blow up Falcon Dam (Texas). [Mexican Drug Cartel]
Posted by: 3dc || 06/08/2010 17:56 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Identical plot was mentioned here on the 3rd.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 06/08/2010 18:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Net is getting too circular.....
Need to drop that source as Rantburg is ahead of it's curve...
Posted by: 3dc || 06/08/2010 18:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Completely different source: I heard it from the guy next to me on a bar stool in the O-Club, overheard from Autobartender ....
Posted by: Frank G || 06/08/2010 19:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Hey,I heard it from the same guy. If a third person heard it, we have confirmed the source and the story is real.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/08/2010 20:58 Comments || Top||

#5  More "TESING THE BAMMER" ...!?

MORE, To wit,

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > ANOTHER EPISODE IN CONFLICT: ISRAEL SET TO STEAL LEBANESE [natural] GAS, as anlaysis of the "Leviathan" Gas Site indics that UNDERSEA GAS FIELD MAY EXTEND INTO SOVEREIGN LEBANESE TERRITORY. "Continental Shelf" + ENEGRY GEOPOLX = IMPERIALISM???

and

* SAME > THE ULTIMATE HUMAN DISASTER MAY AHD JUST HAPPENED? Human-caused/induced enviro -LCYSMS???

ARTIC > IIUC, BP's serious probs wid stopping of the GULF GUSHER may stem from it poten drilling too deep into the Earth's crust such that it is essens fighting the NATURAL OIL-CONTAINING PRESSURES/FORCES OF THE EARTH ITSELF.

IOW, AMONG OTHER, ALLOWING THE GULF GUSH TO GO ON UNSTOPPED FOR MANY OR UNTOLD NUMBER OF MONTHS, YEARS, OR DECADES IS NOT AN OPTION AS WE ARE DETRIMENTALLY = UN-NECESSARILY WASTING EARTH'S OIL AT A RATE(S)FASTER THAN HUMANITY IS PROCESSING IT FOR NORMAL MASS INDUSTRIAL-CONSUMER USE, PERHAPS EVEN AT A RATE(S) FASTER THAN THE EARTH CAN NATURALLY PRODUCE SAME.

This Artic + Similar is why I wanted to know iff the US + BP, ETAL? KNEW HOW FAR + DEEP THE OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO/MAHICO + CARIBB EXTENDED, + WHY INTERNATIONAL = OWG-NWO "GLOBALIST" POLITIX SHOULD NOT KEEP FROM STOPPING THE GUSH.

"TESTING THE BAMMER" + TESTING THE OWG-NWO "GLOBALISM" WHICH NO AMERICAN = AMERIKAN, of the Mighty USSA = Weak USRoA SSR/Soviet Global Republik, HAS YET FORMALLY VOTED FOR, NOR BEEN ASKED TO.

GUAM TAOTAMONAS STRIKE AGAIN.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/08/2010 21:33 Comments || Top||

#6  CNN NEWS PM > SOLAR STORM THREAT, in LT as due to end of Solar Minima + Sun forecasted to become more active in coming few years.

PICARDIAN REGRESSION > EARTH-SIZED EARTH FAILED TO STOP THE MILYUHN EARTHS-SIZED SUN FROM SURRENDERING TO OWG-NWO, + WE WASTED WAY EARTH'S OIL FOR THE SAKE OF PROPER OWG GLOBAL-UNIVERSAL SOCIALIST-GOVTIST REGRESSIONISM + NUCLEAR/
NUCENERGY-BASED SPACE CONSUMERISM.

[Theme from STARSHIP TROOPERS here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/08/2010 21:43 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Eleven militants killed in Orakzai clashes
[Dawn] Militants attacked a security check post in Orakzai tribal region's Pakhtotalaab area killing one security official and wounding two others, DawnNews reported.

The forces retaliated the attack and killed 11 militants during the ensuing clashes.

Troops also arrested three injured militants.

At least 1,000 militants have been killed during the military operation in upper Orakzai during the past 45 days. Meanwhile, security forces have captured and secured much of lower Orakzai.
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Iraq
7 killed, 45 injured in 24 hours in Iraq
Within the space of a day, violence has claimed the lives of seven people across Iraq and left 45 others injured.

A bomb attack against the house of a policeman in Ramadi, the capital of the western province of Anbar, killed a young female, injured 10 others, and destroyed three residences on Monday, AFP reported.

Eighteen others were injured when four other houses belonging to law enforcement agents were attacked in the city of Fallujah, which is also in Anbar province.

A police patrol hit a roadside bomb in the south of Baghdad, claiming the lives of two people, including a policeman, and leaving five others injured.

Another bombing killed one person and injured six more in the Baghdad neighborhood of Mansur.

An explosive device, attached to a minibus using a magnet, killed one individual and injured six people in the district of Sadr City in northern Baghdad.

And two salesmen were fatally shot in Mosul and Kirkuk.

According to Iraqi government figures, 337 people were killed in May 2010, a rise from the same month last year.
Posted by: Fred || 06/08/2010 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1  A very peaceful day for Iraq.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/08/2010 10:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like a hot Saturday night in any number of American cities.
Posted by: Glenmore || 06/08/2010 10:55 Comments || Top||

#3  according to this site, about 7 civilian per day (in May 2010) were killed in Iraq by terrorists

also about one to two ISF personnel

it doesn't say how many terrorists or terrorist supporters were killed but that is probably about 5-10 per day that month also
Posted by: lord garth || 06/08/2010 10:58 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Two more Palestinians killed by Israel wash ashore
"I have no idea how that happened."
"Yeah, no idea. Heh heh."

The bodies of two Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the seas off Gaza washed ashore on Tuesday, bringing to six the total number of alleged militants killed by the navy in a raid off the coast.

The bodies of two men in their 20s who had each been shot in the head washed ashore and were collected by local medics, the head of Gaza emergency services, Muawiya Hassanein, said.

On Monday, Israel attacked a boat carrying what it said was "a squad of terrorists wearing diving suits on their way to execute a terror attack."

A survivor who was on shore at the time of the attack said the six men on the boat were members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed group which is loosely tied to the secular Fatah movement of Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas, but that there were no weapons on the boat.

He said they were doing swimming exercises some 100 metres (yards) off the coast when they were attacked by Israeli naval forces.

The incident came as Israel faced an international outcry over its bloody seizure of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, in which nine Turkish activists -- one holding US citizenship -- were shot dead.

Israel and Egypt tightened already strict Gaza border closures when the Islamist Hamas movement seized power in June 2007, and Israel maintains a tight naval blockade on the impoverished territory of 1.5 million people.
Posted by: gorb || 06/08/2010 13:25 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He said they were doing swimming exercises some 100 metres (yards) off the coast

Synchronized swimming?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/08/2010 18:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Yeesh! even the fish don't want them.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/08/2010 18:21 Comments || Top||

#3  jeebus. Will the vile pollution of the shores never stop?
Posted by: Frank G || 06/08/2010 18:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Synchronized swimming?

More like synchronized dieing.

Either you have a terrorist attack averted, or six of the dumbest sumbitches in Gaza (yeah, I'm impressed too!). Hey, Mamoud! Let's put on our diving gear and go swim over by those Israeli boats.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/08/2010 21:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Bar order: "Mahmoud? I'd like a six-pack of the 'dumbest sumbitches in Gaza'? Oh, and put them in 'koozies. Don't wanna to get too warm before they wash up on the beach. Thx so much"
Posted by: Frank G || 06/08/2010 21:54 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2010-06-08
  Suicide Bombers Attack Police Compound in Kandahar
Mon 2010-06-07
  Yemen detains 30 foreigners as Qaeda suspects
Sun 2010-06-06
  Two US men arrested at JFK airport on terrorist charges
Sat 2010-06-05
  SKorea seeks UN action against NKorea over ship
Fri 2010-06-04
  Hamas not a terrorist group, says Turkey's PM Recep Taqiyya Erdogan
Thu 2010-06-03
  U.S. Drone Strikes Come Under U.N. Human Rights Council Scrutiny
Wed 2010-06-02
  Iraqis take control of Baghdad’s Green Zone
Tue 2010-06-01
  Al Qaida El Numero Tres Bites the Big One
Mon 2010-05-31
  Report: At least 10 activists killed as Israel Navy opens fire on Gaza aid flotilla
Sun 2010-05-30
  Yemen hunts 60 suspected of kidnapping tourists
Sat 2010-05-29
  80 killed as Maoists derail train in India
Fri 2010-05-28
  Gunmen kill 40 in attacks on two Ahmadi mosques in Pakistain
Thu 2010-05-27
  Mullah Fazlullah Reported Out of Warranty
Wed 2010-05-26
  Peru Paroles NY Terrorist Lori Berenson After 15 Years
Tue 2010-05-25
  JMB military wing big turban bagged


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